llamhidydd

Welsh

Noun

llamhidydd m (plural llamhidyddion)[1]

  1. (archaic) dancer[2]
  2. porpoise[1]

Quotations
Quotations: circa 1436 – 1898
  • circa 1436: Rhys Goch Eryri (Iolo Goch), [cywydd]; reprinted in:
  • 2007: Sally Harper, Music in Welsh Culture Before 1650: A Study of the Principal Sources, page 11 (Ashgate Publishing; →ISBN — spelling modernised in the reprint
    Pob crythor ddihepgor ddyn
    Dilys a phob cerdd delyn;
    Pob trwmpls propr hirgorn copr cau,
    Pob sôn pobl, pob sŵn pibau;
    Pob hudol, anfoddol fydd,
    Llwm hadl, a phob llamhidydd;
    pob ffidler law draw y dring,
    Pob swtr tabwrdd, pob sawtring.
    Every crwth player – indispensable, faultless man –
    and every tune of the harp;
    every seemly trumpet with its long, hollow, copper horn,
    every chatter from people, every sound from pipes;
    every conjurer – unseemly he is –
    and every tumbler;
    every fiddler’s hand climbs up yonder,
    every adversary with a drum, every psaltery.
  • circa 1564–1634: Tomas Prys of Plasiolyn, Y Llamhidydd; reprinted in:
  • 2008: Arthur Hughes, Cywyddau Cymru, pages 179–180 (BiblioBazaar, LLC; →ISBN — spelling modernised in the reprint
    Y llamhidydd llym hoywdeg,
    Yn llamu’n frau y tonnau teg,
    Llawen ydwyd lle nodir,
    Llon ym mrig ton ym mro tir;
    Ffrom olwg, ffriw ymyloer,
    A phryd arth yn y ffrwd oer.
    Twrch heli taer uchelwaith,
    Treigla’r môr, tro eglur maith;
    Drwy yr haf, pan dry yr hin,
    Doi i rocio ymlaen drycin.
  • 1728–1765: [One of the four sons of Morris ap Rhisiart Morris], [letter]; reprinted in:
  • 1907: John Humphreys (editor), The letters of Lewis, Richard, William and John Morris of Anglesey (Morrisiaid Môn), 1728–1765, volume 1, page 493 (self-published; printed by Fox, Jones)
    […] tonnau, ac yn marchogaeth ar gefn llamhidyddion, ag yn ymgomio a’r môr forwynion ar rheini yn ei berchi ag yn ysgwyd eu cynffonau arno, yno mi ddeallais mai rhyw wr santaidd ydoedd, ag o dippyn i dippyn wrth fy addfwynder mi ymlithrais iw gymdeithas ef, […]
  • 1898: Iolo Goch and Charles Ashton (editor), Gweithiau Iolo Goch: gyda nodiadau hanesyddol a beiriadol, page 513 (Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England); printed by W. Minshall & co.)
    Gofyna, Pa beth wyd — ai herod, ai hudol, ai llamhidydd, ai bro Adda, ai breuddwyd, ai brwydr oer, ai bradwr, ai gau-dduw, ai paintiwr ?

Usage notes
  • The English collective noun “a company of dancers” can be translated using the Welsh “miutai o lamhidyddion”,[2] although such usage is at best obscure nowadays.
  • llambedyddiol[1]

Synonyms
  • (dancer): dawnsiwr, *dychlammwr, (literally, “bounder”) llammwr, (literally, “jumper”) llamsachwr
  • (porpoises): (literally, “sea-pig”) môr-hwch, (liable to be confused for seahorse) môr-geffyl

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
llamhidydd lamhidydd unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Y Geiriadur Newydd : The New Welsh Dictionary by Harold Meurig Evans and William Owen Thomas (5th Ed.; 1964; Llyfrau’r Dryw (C. Davies)), page 410
  2. An English and Welsh dictionary by John Walters (3rd Ed.; 1828), page 322
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